4 Issues that Kalimah at-Tawhid

Confrms and Rejects:

Know that, may Allah mercy upon you! Meaning of La ilaha illallah is
Nafy (rejection) and Ithbat (confrmation). La ilaha rejects and illallah
confrms; rejects 4 issues and confrms 4 issues as well. Rejects the al-
Aliha (plural of Ilah), at-Tawaghit (plural of Taghout), al-Andad (plural
of Nidd) and al-Arbab (plural of Rabb).

Ilah is the thing that you direct yourself towards so that you bring forth
the Khayr (goodness) and dispel (harm). So you take it as an Ilah.

Taghut is the one who is worshiped and the one who is content (with it)
or presents himself as a person which Ibadaah (worship) should be
directed to. Such as Shamman, Tajj or Abu Hadida.

Andad: Everything, that keeps you away from the Din of Islam; from
your family or home or tribe or wealth is a Nidd (compeer, equal).
Allah Ta’ala’s (statement): "Yet there are men who take others besides
Allah, as equal (with Allah): They love them as they should love Allah."
(al-Baqarah 2/165)

al-Arbab is the one who issues a Fatwa (verdict) so that you oppose al-
Haqq (the truth) and you obey him.

(Allah) Ta’ala’s Qavl (statement): "They take their priests and their
anchorites to be their lords beside Allah, and (they take as their Lord)
Isa the son of Maryam; yet they were commanded to worship but One
God. there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from
having the partners they associate (with Him)." (at-Tawbah 9/31)

It (the Kalimah) confrms 4 issues:

al-Qasd (inclination): not inclining to anyone other than Allah, at-

Ta'dhim (reverence) and al-Muhabbah (compassion, love), statement of
(Allah) Azza wa Jalla:
"But those of Faith are overfowing in their love for Allah." (al-Baqarah
2/165)
al-Khawf (fear) and al-Rajah (hope), statement of (Allah) Ta’ala:
"If Allah do touch thee with hurt, there is none can remove it but He
(i.e., Allah): if He do design some beneft for thee, there is none can keep
back His favor: He causeth it to reach whomsoever of His servants He
pleaseth. And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Yunus 10/107)

Whoever knows this, will have cut his relation with other than Allah,
and the grim look of al-Baatil (falsehood) will have no signifcance for
him. Like the news which Allah informed us of Ibrahim, may the best of
the blessings of Allah be upon our Nabi (Muhammad) and him,
concerning him breaking the idols and his keeping distant from his
tribe:
"There is for you an excellent example (to follow) in Ibrahim and those
with him, when they said to their people: We are clear of you and of
whatever ye worship besides Allah: we have rejected you." (al-
Mumtahinah 60/4)

Muhammad ibni Abd'il-Wahhab

al-Jawahir’ul Mudiyya, 34-35